FE ReportThe 4th foreign secretary level consultation meeting of Bangladesh and Pakistan will be held on August 29-30 in Dhaka to discuss entire gamut of bilateral relations.Official sources said the two sides will discuss on how to boost bilateral trade...
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and donor agencies already engaged in relief operation are likely to intensify their humanitarian work watching the intensity of the current floods across the country."Our member-organisations are already working in 10 flood-hit districts," NGO Federation Director M...
Police Saturday started confiscating the property of Basundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, popularly known as Shah Alam, four days after a Dhaka court issued an order for it in a tax-dodge case, reports bdnews24.com. Police started making a list...
Rajuk workers Saturday resumed demolition of the Rangs Bhaban after the once majestic building was stripped to a skeleton Friday, reports bdnews24.com. More than 100 workers started working Saturday morning in the building. The building was Friday stripped to its...
BOGRA, August 4 (bdnews24.com): Gano Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain Saturday asked chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed to seek cooperation from all on an emergency basis to fight floods that have battered 38 districts and marooned millions of people. The death...
The government is actively considering promulgating an anti-hoarding act through ordinance apprehending hoarding of essentials during the flood and post-flood periods, reports UNB.Sources said it is natural that during the floods and post-flood period prices of essential commodities shoot up...
Taliban, Afghans seek venue for hostage talks GHAZNI (Afghanistan) (Reuters): The Afghan government and Taliban kidnappers on Saturday sought a venue for negotiations to try to free 21 South Korean Christian hostages held for more than two weeks, the provincial...
Dhaka, Aug 4 (bdnews24.com) – The interim cabinet Saturday decided the government may ask for foreign assistance only after utilising internal resources and assessing the flood damages, according to a government handout. Army chief General Moeen U Ahmed and PSO...
Dhaka, August 5 (bdnews24.com) – Sheikh Hasina Sunday challenged the government in the High Court over its move to get trial of the Tk 5 crore bribe case against her under the emergency powers rules. Her lawyers filed the writ...
The 21-storey Rangs Bhaban located at the city's Bijoy Sarani intersection has been a tall symbol of defiance against rule of law and abuse of power. There could be hundreds of both tall and dwarf concrete structures built in various...
Shahiduzzaman KhanSlowly but steadily, country's software industry is expanding. Young and talented information technology (IT) experts in Bangladesh are contributing significantly to the industry. The young industry is developing new products and corporate culture in order to attain maximum degree...
Della Bradshaw THE term "societal wealth creation via experimental entrepreneurship" is the sort of expression that might send jargon-haters screaming from the room. Yet for one of its originators - Ian MacMillan, professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Wharton...
Zahir HossainAROUND the world, more than 47 million people are now infected with the HIV/AIDS. It is now a weapon for destruction of mankind. It has killed more than 30 million people worldwide, according to the reports of the World...
A report in a newspaper, published on July 30, 2007, said: "The market regulator -- the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) -- also withdrew financial adjustment facility 'netting' from trading of A, B, N and Z categories' securities."First of all...
THE economy is passing through a difficult phase. What has created the major problem is a sense of unease over the recent developments relating to anti-corruption drive and tax mobilisation efforts, however, well-intentioned these may be. It is difficult to...
Dr. Habib SiddiquiFOR years, the political arena in Bangladesh was more like a theater hall that featured monotonous plays where villains kill the good guys, taking control over all their material possessions. Like zombies, we got used to seeing such...
Maswood Alam KhanLAST Tuesday two of my senior colleagues from two different banks were given 'farewells' at the start of their retired lives. One farewell reception was attended by more than one thousand grievers and the other by only ten...
A year ago, Carlos Ghosn looked to be at the top of his managerial game. Renault's and Nissan's chief executive had riveted the car industry with a proposal to add General Motors as the Franco-Japanese alliance's third partner. GM later...
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (AFP): The US economy eked out 92,000 new jobs in July, weaker than expected due to cutbacks in the public sector, and unemployment was essentially unchanged at 4.6 per cent, Labour Department data showed Friday. It was...
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (AFP): The African governors to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) welcomed Friday a commitment by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the European Union's candidate to head the IMf, to focus on Africa. In a statement released by the IMF on...
MIAMI, Aug 4 (AFP): Cuban-American business leaders yesterday called for the creation of a 300-million-dollar fund to help build private enterprise in Cuba once the communist-run state adopts what they called "inevitable" reforms. The proposal, presented at a conference in...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 4 (Xinhua): Brazil will invest 6.8 billion reals (3.61 billion US dollars) to urbanise "favelas," or slums, in Brazil's metropolitan regions, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday. The federal government will appropriate 5.9 billion...
BEIJING, Aug 4 (AFP): China's booming economy is wreaking havoc on the nation's coastal waters, with sewers often spilling right into parts of the sea reserved for tourism or aqua-farming, state media said today. This is the conclusion of a...
JAKARTA, Aug 4 (Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will sign the long-awaited economic partnership agreement (EPA) during his visit to Jakarta later this month, marking another milestone in the development of the bilateral relations. Abe is scheduled to arrive...
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 4 (Xinhua): South African President Thabo Mbeki said Friday that India and South Africa shared the challenge of a struggle against poverty. While addressing businessmen at the Seventh India Calling Conference, Mbeki said business was vital if this...
LONDON, Aug 4 (AFP): The price of New York oil surged this week to a historic peak above 78 dollars per barrel, propelled by falling crude reserves in key energy consumer the United States, analysts said. Meanwhile, commodity traders kept...
FE ReportEmirates' onboard meals from Dubai are now supplied from a new purpose-built flight catering facility that is the most modern and the largest of its kind in the world.The $120 million unit, with a design capacity to produce 115,000...
Qazi AzadVALID audit objections about financial defaults in the public sector including ministries, government departments and other state offices are useful for perception of the extent of financial mismanagement and corruption. May be, these are also helpful to the Transparency...
Sheikh Monirul Islam, OpeeA very powerful businessman who made fortunes out of Biman once said to me: "as long as we are there, Biman would never be made a PLC". Such was the power of that syndicate that they obviously...
Kazi Abubakar SiddiqueTHE pathetic and heart-rendering incident of Dipali's unexpected suicide or thousands of people around the world gleaning food from dustbin just to survive -- all these are very frequent phenomenon in the very Third World developing and least...
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